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ID: 696868
Title: Hope in the Valley
Author: Mitali Perkins
Narrator: Reena Dutt
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:37:04
Language: English
Release date: 07-11-23
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Kids, Health & Family
Summary:
'A riveting, courage-filled story.' - Kirkus Starred Reviews
Hope in the Valley, from National Book Award Nominee Mitali Perkins, is a middle-grade novel exploring grief, friendship, family, and growing up in a community facing a housing crisis.
Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul doesn't like change. She's not ready to start middle school and leave the comforts of childhood behind. Most of all, Pandita doesn't want to feel like she's leaving her mother, who died a few years ago, behind. After a falling out with her best friend, Pandita is planning to spend most of her summer break reading and writing in her favorite secret space: the abandoned but majestic mansion across the street.
But then the unthinkable happens. The town announces that the old home will be bulldozed in favor of newmaybe affordablehousing. With her family on opposing sides of the issue, Pandita must find her voiceand the strength to move onin order to give her community hope.
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